A Quote by Keith Gessen

I left the world of jail with plenty of relief but, more than anything, with a sense of unease that I still can't quite shake.

Keith Gessen

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Keith Gessen
American - Novelist
Born: January 9, 1975

A great thriller, to me, is more about creating a sense of unease: a queasiness that comes with knowing something is not quite right.

Gillian Flynn

If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don't hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to be. We are not wise, and not very often kind. And much can never be redeemed. Still life has some possibility left. Perhaps this is its way of fighting back, that sometimes something happened better than all the riches or power in the world. It could be anything, but very likely you notice it in the instant when love begins. Anyway, that's often the case. Anyway, whatever it is, don't be afraid of its plenty. Joy is not made to be a crumb.

Mary Oliver

All I have left is my anger at the foolishness of the world. The unnecessary cruelties, the pomposity and vanity of people who should know better. Most of the time I just want to shake some sense into the world.

Stephen Hunt

Everyone's gotta have a voice, to be able to speak out. Left supresses right, right supresses left, and what's left and what's right? You know? It's America. You gotta be able to speak out. That's why people came here from all over the world: to have a fair shake. Not more than somebody else - the same.

Cyndi Lauper

My skin is more beautiful than yours. I would be quite more popular in jail if I so chose.

Gene Simmons

Three reasons not to have a [spending] plan: 1. You're rich enough to buy anything you want and still have plenty of money left over. 2. I forget the other two.

Jane Bryant Quinn

But the same things that had once attracted menow left me with a mild sense of unease. Ivy would say I was getting smarter, but I just felt…empty.

Kim Harrison

What every American should know is that we have more people in jail today than any other country on Earth, more than China. We have some 2.2 million people in jail. What that means is that a lot of lives are being destroyed.

Bernie Sanders

At the BBC we've had plenty of women in good management jobs. It comes and goes but there's been plenty. On air, I think there's quite a bit more we can do.

Evan Davis

If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.

Terry Pratchett

There was such a sense of relief on the left when New Labour came to power that certain orthodoxies could not be challenged. People became desperate to hang on to the ascendancy of left ideas without really questioning what they were about.

Claire Fox

There are plenty of quacks in the field. Fewer than you'd expect, though still plenty (in alternative medicine).

John Bradshaw

Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal. It was a lot of years of work, and when I won it, it was more a sense of relief than jubilation or exaltation.

Dan O'Brien

When I was in jail, I was a lot of people's favorite person. I practically ran the jail. I had more freedom than the police.

Flavor Flav

People don't understand that you can actually lose your life going to jail. There's more violence in the jail-house than there is on the streets.

Snoop Dogg

My brief flash of relief and confidence melted away. Good thing it did, too. I'm sure the world would come to an end if I were allowed to feel a sense of relief and well-being for any length of time.

Jim Butcher

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